genital
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgenital (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
- Of, or relating to the genitalia.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:
- In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure.
- (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
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editNoun
editgenital (plural genitals)
- (rare, chiefly in the plural) A genital organ.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")
- 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
- David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.
- 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 164:
- […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “genital”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “genital”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgenital m or f (masculine and feminine plural genitals)
Further reading
edit- “genital”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Galician
editAdjective
editgenital m or f (plural genitais, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xenital
Noun
editgenital m (plural genitais, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xenital
Further reading
edit- “genital” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
German
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editgenital (strong nominative masculine singular genitaler, not comparable)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist genital | sie ist genital | es ist genital | sie sind genital | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | genitaler | genitale | genitales | genitale |
genitive | genitalen | genitaler | genitalen | genitaler | |
dative | genitalem | genitaler | genitalem | genitalen | |
accusative | genitalen | genitale | genitales | genitale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der genitale | die genitale | das genitale | die genitalen |
genitive | des genitalen | der genitalen | des genitalen | der genitalen | |
dative | dem genitalen | der genitalen | dem genitalen | den genitalen | |
accusative | den genitalen | die genitale | das genitale | die genitalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein genitaler | eine genitale | ein genitales | (keine) genitalen |
genitive | eines genitalen | einer genitalen | eines genitalen | (keiner) genitalen | |
dative | einem genitalen | einer genitalen | einem genitalen | (keinen) genitalen | |
accusative | einen genitalen | eine genitale | ein genitales | (keine) genitalen |
Further reading
editPortuguese
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Adjective
editgenital m or f (plural genitais, not comparable)
Noun
editgenital m (plural genitais)
- (Usually plural) genital
Further reading
edit- “genital” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “genital”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “genital”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French génital, from Latin genitalis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgenital m or n (feminine singular genitală, masculine plural genitali, feminine and neuter plural genitale)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | genital | genitală | genitali | genitale | |||
definite | genitalul | genitala | genitalii | genitalele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | genital | genitale | genitali | genitale | |||
definite | genitalului | genitalei | genitalilor | genitalelor |
Further reading
edit- genital in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin genitālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgenital m or f (masculine and feminine plural genitales)
Derived terms
editNoun
editgenital m (plural genitales)
Further reading
edit- “genital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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